76 no primeiro filme de Jogos Vorazes , segundo Donald Sutherland

Em 2012, na época em que o primeiro filme foi lançado, Donald Sutherland foi citado em uma entrevista dizendo:

And those scenes aren't in the book. He wrote them and Suzanne Collins loved them. But it so perfectly described what someone — an administrator, a bureaucrat, not even a leader — that Coriolanus Snow is and that he has to do. How do you keep that underclass in control? You offer them a little bit of hope. He thinks that Wes Bentley's character would probably take over his position. He [President Snow] is 76 years old, he was two years old when the Hunger Games started. And he's looking for a successor. And he tests Wes' character. "You've allowed this girl, this underdog. Do you like underdogs? You've allowed her to take some kind of position of power"... When you fail, you die...

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As afirmações não creditadas sobre sua idade na Wikia e em vários outros sites quase certamente se originam nesta entrevista.